Regional Geography
Groundbirch is a South Peace community situated on Highway 97, but it is also a common name of a plant, otherwise known as ______.
What is dwarf birch.
Soils in Canada are classified according to the __________, a formal taxonomic system with a hierarchy of six levels.
What is the Canadian System of Soil Classification (CSSC)
An invasive species, often mistaken for ox-eye daisy, that is a prolific seed producer, has finely divided leaves, and is native to Europe but now found throughout Canada.
What is scentless chamomile.
In which year was the BCIA founded?
A) 1947
B)1975
C)1994
D)2021
What is the year 1947
Muskwa is a word linked to the Muskwa Kechika land managment area, or the Muskwa River near Fort Nelson, BC. The word is of Cree origin, meaning ____.
What is bear
Within Northeastern BC, the Peace River's major tributaries draining from the north are Cache Creek, Halfway River, Beatton River, and Alces River. The major tributaries that drain from the south include these three rivers.
What are the Moberly, Pine, and Kiskatinaw rivers (Pouce Coupe river is also accepted).
Of the 5 classifications of wetlands in Canada: fens, bogs, marshes, swamps, and ponds, which are characterized by mineral soils, and which are characterized by organic soils?
Mineral: Marshes, swamps, ponds
Organic: fens, bogs
A locally common invasive plant species that reproduces both by seed and through its extensive root system, forming dense stands and potentially surviving in the soil for up to 20 years. Hint: despite its name, it is not native to Canada.
Canada thistle
This person is the acting CEO and Registrar of the BCIA.
_____ is a crucial food source for woodland caribou, especially during winter when other forage is scarce. The caribou's ability to paw through snow to reach this food source is vital for their survival.
What is reindeer lichen or Cladina rangiferina.
The regional physiography of Northeastern BC and Northern Alberta is a flat, gently rolling plateau ranging in elevation from 910 to 1,220 metres. What is the unofficial name of this plateau, most often used by geologists?
What is the Alberta Plateau
This is the dominant soil order in the Peace Region. It is a forest soil found in areas with parent materials derived from sedimentary rocks. The dominant property is higher clay content in the B than the Ae horizon.
What is luvisolic.
Finish this sentence: "Sedges have edges, rushes are round, and grasses have ______ that bend to the ground."
What are knees, or nodes
The minimum number of PD hours required by registrants over a 3 year period
What is 125 hours.
Restoration, reclamation, and remediation are all processes aimed at improving degraded sites, but they have distinct focuses. A) _________ aims to bring a site back to its original or a similar, healthy ecosystem state. B) _______ is primarily about removing or reducing pollution. C) _________ typically involves returning land to a usable condition, often for a specific purpose, like agriculture or development.
A)Restoration
B)Remediation
C)Reclamation
Klinse-za / Twin Sisters Park is a remote wilderness area in the northern foothills of the Rocky Mountains of the Peace River District. The current park expansion is the result of a historic 2020 partnership agreement between the governments of B.C, Canada, and the _____ and _____ First Nations.
What are the Salteau and West Moberly First Nations.
The three master mineral horizons are the A, B, and C horizons.
The ____ horizon occurs at or near the soil surface, Formed by the addition, mixing, and transformation of organic matter (OM) to form an organically enriched mineral horizon (Ah).
What is the A horizon
The latin name for trembling aspen.
What is Populus tremuloides
Which of the following BC biogeoclimatic zones are NOT found in the South Peace region?
A) Boreal White and Black Spruce; B)Englemann Spruce-Subalpine Fir; C)Sub-boreal Spruce;
D) Alpine tundra; E) Mountain hemlock.
What is E) Mountain Hemlock. This is a coastal biogeoclimatic ecozone.
The ____ is the smallest, three-dimensional unit at the surface of the earth that is considered as a soil. Its lateral dimensions are 1 m.
"Big Bam" is a common name for a fast-growing, deciduous tree in North America. They are known for their distinctive, fragrant buds and are a source of pulpwood. What is the latin, or botanical name for the big bam tree?
Populus balsamifera